/u/takaperoinen-miete's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP]: A magical artefact can only be destroyed by someone with no intention to destroy it. Nobody knows how you do it, and that's why you've got job security. Frankly, you just hand them to your toddler. She'll shred them.
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[WP]: Legend has it that your family was blessed with the perfect sheep dog, who could control the flock with a single look. The dog was bred, offspring passed down for generations. You get a puppy from your grandpa's litter, and discover it can herd more than just sheep.
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[WP]: You have challenged the witch of technicalities. You must answer her riddles, never with the answer she is excpecting, but one that is technically speaking not wrong.
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[WP]: Children born on February 29th really DO only age one year in every four. They take a whole generation to raise, but they often grow up as sort of guardians for their family line.
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[WP]: You reach for a bowl of flour, and a little clawed paw taps out at you - it wasn't flour, it was your cat sleeping in a bowl. You reach for a towel, your cat again. Whatever Gertrude really is, she's not very good at impersonating a cat.
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[WP]: Whenever twins are born, everyone knows that at at some point, some day, they must battle to death. You're the first to question whether this ancient, unbroken tradition might be completely idiotic.
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[WP]: Your brother and his personal nemesis are probably the only two people on the planet who are extra and dramatic enough to enjoy having an arc enemy - and they seem to be having a blast.
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[WP]: Returning from the war, you decide to steal the sword and name of this dead guy, and start a new life. You accidentally end up in his home, to his family. All of them know you’re not him, but don’t seem to mind.
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